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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2016 3 B Local sand drag racers open 2016 season season COURTESY DIRT-N-DUNEZ PHOTOGRAPHY Florence sand drag racers Gee Armstrong (left) and Budy Palmer compete in the 2016 USA Drag Race opener. Florence sand drag racers Budy Palmer and Gee Armstrong recently entered the 2016 USA sand drag racing season-opener at the Kern County Fairgrounds in Bakersfield, Calif, where more than 200 racers from around the United States and Puerto Rico registered for the race. Palmer won the Sport 1 Class Race and placed Second in the 776-900cc Heads-Up Race. Armstrong used the four days of racing to break- in and tune-up an all-new motor and chassis setup Fishing from 1B ALSEA RIVER: Steelhead Winter steelhead fishing is good with anglers doing well in the upper to mid river sec- tions. With so much rain this winter, many fish have pushed upstream quickly. During higher flows, the upper river fishes well. During lower clear flows, it’s better to focus efforts in the mid to lower river sections. Casting spin- ners / spoons, or floating bait or a jig are good options. COURTESY PHOTO Retired chief park ranger Michael Noack will host a spe- cial presentation on grey whales March 21. Whales from 1B the visitor center. Whale Watch Week is part of Oregon State Park’s Whale Watch Spoken Here program. All presentations and events are free, but a Northwest Forest Pass, Oregon Coast Passport, federal recreation pass or $5 day-use fee is required within the Cape Perpetua Scenic Area. For more information, con- tact the Cape Perpetua Visitor Center at 541-547-3289. Get Results...List With Tim. Tim Sapp Owner / Principal Broker 541 999-8230 3rd Avenue #2000 – Here is the perfect lot to build your beach house on. You will be minutes from Florence and couldn’t be closer to the beach. $299,000. #2502- 15486127 1749 Highway 101 • 541-997-1200 Cel e 70 brati Yea ng rs! Hoberg’s Complete Auto Repair www.hobergsautorepair.com 345 Hwy. 101 • P.O. Box 357 Florence, OR 97439-0012 541-997-2413 Kevin McMullen 3rd Generation Owner hobergsautorepair@gmail.com Serving Your Auto Needs Since 1945 Fri-Sat 3/18 – 3/20 9am 87671 Parkside Antiques, Jewlery, old money and more! Sat 3/19 9am – 4pm 5478 Collins Lp Estate Sale, like new furniture & other items. Sat 3/19 10am-4pm 531 Hemlock St Household clearance, some items brand new. “PICC-A-DILLY” Flea Market THIS SATURDAY, 10am – 4pm Fairgrounds, Eugene, 541-683- 5589. FREE garage sale signs 541-997-3441 with your ad SALMON RIVER: Steelhead Winter steelhead fishing is fair and fish can be found throughout the mainstem as river conditions allow. Casting lures, bouncing the bottom or drifting jigs or bait under a bobber are good techniques to consider. SILETZ RIVER: steelhead Winter steelhead fishing is fair to good with both bank and boat anglers hooking fish through the mainstem as river conditions allow. The river should fish well most of this week. Side drift- ing, bouncing bottom or bob- ber fishing can be productive. WILSON RIVER: Steelhead, Chinook Steelhead angling should be good as the river drops from recent high water. Fish are spread out through the system. Angling for Chinook is closed. An error in the 2016 Fishing Regulations mistaken- ly lists river as open for hatch- ery Chinook beginning Jan. 1; the correct opening date is April 1. YAQUINA RIVER: for the 2016 season. Their next race is scheduled for April 16 at Albany Sand Drag’s “Best in the Northwest” Grudge Race in Albany, Ore. Steelhead The winter steelhead fishery is fair in the Big Elk and should continue to produce over the next few weeks. Look for the next good rain to push in another batch of fish. Anglers are reminded that there is a lot of private proper- ty along the Big Elk. Casting lures or bobbers fishing are the best techniques for this river. COOS COUNTY LAKES PONDS: Trout AND Lakes in Coos County are open all year for trout fishing. Last week 30 hatchery steel- head, that returned to Eel Lake trap, were stocked into Butterfield Lake to provide additional fishing opportunity for trout anglers. These steelhead stocked into Butterfield Lake are no considered trout and may be harvest. The daily trout bag limit in Butterfield is 5 trout per day with only 1 trout over 20 inch- es per day. COOS RIVER BASIN: Dungeness crab, steelhead, bay clams Steelhead anglers are catch- ing lots of steelhead when conditions are right. With the recent rain the river might be fishable today but too high and muddy tomorrow. Anglers are catching steel- head drift fishing corkies or eggs. Jigs fished under a bob- ber area also catching several steelhead. The West Fork Millicoma River is the first river to clear after a rain followed by the East Fork Millicoma and South Fork Coos rivers. Anglers fishing the South Fork Coos River above Dellwood will need a permit from Weyerhaeuser, which they can pick up at the Dellwood office. In the Coos Basin 1 addi- tional hatchery steelhead may be retained per day for a total aggregate of 3 adult fish har- vested daily. Recreational harvest of crab re-opened from the Columbia River to the California border. TENMILE BASIN: Trout, steelhead Streams in the Tenmile Basin are now closed for trout fishing until May 22. Tenmile Lakes is open all year for trout but trout fishing has been slow. Steelhead fishing has been slow in Tenmile Creek and Eel Creek. Thirty five hatchery steelhead from the Eel Lake Fish Trap were recycled back into the fishery at Spinreel Park. In the Tenmile Basin 1 additional hatchery steelhead may be retained per day for a total aggregate of 3 adult fish harvested daily. UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH: Steelhead The South Umpqua is cur- rently open to adipose fin- clipped steelhead harvest, and winter steelhead fishing will improve as water levels recede. There will be excellent hatchery steelhead harvest opportunities on the South Umpqua as the season pro- gresses, especially around Stanton Park in Canyonville. WINCHESTER BAY: Bottomfish, perch Fishing for bottomfish in the Triangle and South jetty has been successful. PACIFIC OCEAN and BEACHES: Bottomfish, Dungeness crab Recreational harvest of crab is open along the entire Oregon Coast. It is still rec- ommended you discard the crab viscera (guts/butter) before cooking. Fishing for bottom fish is open to fishing at all-depths. Fishing for black rockfish and lingcod continues to be very good from Charleston to Bandon when the ocean is calm enough for anglers to get out on the water. The marine fish daily bag limit is seven fish and a sepa- rate daily limit for lingcod (two). Anglers can only keep 3 blue rockfish and 1 canary rockfish as part of their daily limit and there will be no har- vest of China, quillback, or copper rockfish. Retention of cabezon is prohibited through June 30. B OTTOM F ISHING Cabezon retention is pro- hibited through June; this is an annual seasonal closure. The few boats that were able to get out of Newport last week had limits of large rock- fish and nearly one lingcod per angler. Effort in other places was limited due to rough seas. Siuslaw News www.shoppelocal.biz